4 results for '"Oswyn Murray"'

Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of...

Machine generated contents note: Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- NINO LURAGHI -- 2. Herodotus and Oral History -- OSWYN MURRAY -- 3. Ancestors of Historiography in Early Greek Elegiac and --...

A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year From "one of the most thoughtful ancient historians in Britain over more than half a century" (Mary Beard) comes a powerful look at how the modern...

Within the space of three centuries leading up to the great Persian invasion of 480 BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization that dominated the...